On this day in 1899, a congressional act authorized the formation of the Thirty-Third Infantry Regiment, better known as the "Texas Regiment," one of the most famous American combat units of the...(Read More)

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OLD BLUE MOUNTAIN

OLD BLUE MOUNTAIN. Old Blue Mountain is in the Glass Mountains fourteen miles northwest of Marathon in northern Brewster County (at 30°25' N, 103°18' W). The summit, at an elevation of 6,286 feet above sea level, rises some 2,260 feet above the Easterwood Ranch, two miles northwest. The local shallow stony soils support oak, juniper, and some mesquite.

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